RAFFERTY, NOW OFFICIALLY in charge of the case, made the time to get himself over to Harry Simpson’s home. As the Super had remarked, Harry Simpson had a habit of keeping certain things to himself in his investigations. Rafferty was desperate to find out if Harry had kept anything back on the Lonely Hearts investigation.
Harry lived in a tiny flat in a shabby house on St Mark’s Road, near the busy commuter station. The street was noisy, not only with the sound of trains, but also with through traffic and the revving of engines as people queued to get into the station car park a few yards down from Harry’s front door.
As Rafferty parked and got out of his car, he reminded himself to stay in his own character and out of Jerry’s. Harry Simpson might be sick unto death, but he was still shar
